The five played big and small together in the slums. Zhang Jiahui, Huang Qiusheng, Lin Xue, Wu Zhenyu, and Zhang Yaoyang were like brothers. They all became gunmen when they grew up. Zhang Jiahui shot the black boss Ren Dahua and ran away, had a woman and a child, and sneaked back to Macau to live in seclusion. Ren Dahua found out and sent Huang and Lin to kill Zhang, and Wu and Zhang came to protect him when they heard the news. The melee for a while was actually just a game of guns and learning from each other. Brotherhood could not be wiped out. The big guys set up the new home together, and cooked dinner together. Happiness is temporary. Huang Qiusheng is still awake: Zhang Jiahui will die. The consensus reached by everyone is to join forces to vote and earn a lot of money, leaving it to women and children. Then there was the shootout in the restaurant, and the inevitable showdown with the black boss. Then the brothers run away together. Zhang Jiahui finally died in the shootout with the black boss. The ending is: the robbed gold is left to the women and children, and the brothers come to seek revenge and die together with Ren Dahua. ——This is the story told in To Qifeng's new work "Exile", very charming! What is even more fascinating is the light and shadow of the old streets of Macau. Photography is very particular, especially the indoor light and shadow, which is very comfortable to look at. I especially like this movie because of that. Five gun battles, mostly child's play, but this is To Qifeng's narrative style and his label-like violent aesthetics. Guns, but props, always have the power to complete the big fish eat small fish small fish eat shrimp shrimp shrimp shrimp shrimp eat mud. I like the gun scene in the restaurant. There are several old dramas, which have stories, logic, tension and realm. The reproduction of the classic bridge is called a tribute to who and who. For example, Hu Jinquan, Li An, Zhang Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang played the Bamboo Forest War all the way. Then, "Exile" is Lao Du's tribute to himself, and the familiar scenes let us relive the brotherhood, chivalry, heroism, the struggle of small people, and the struggle against fate that he has always shown. Dude got it right? Is Lao Du sitting in meditation? The background of the story is two or three days before the return of Macau. Why this time background? Lao Du couldn't be on a whim, and he couldn't have anything to say. In "Peace is Precious", You Yong has already appeared on behalf of the Communist Army, pointing fingers at Hong Kong's political economy, and the political metaphor is obvious. This film is no exception: Ren Dahua swiftly crossed the river and said to the Macau tycoon egg roll Qiang: "Playing together will make you rich, otherwise you will be finished!" Listen, who is speaking? ! To Qifeng's films have always had very little dialogue, so little to be stingy. But in this film, the gunmen on the escape road ask each other from time to time: "Where to?" Where can they go? These little people have no future, no direction, and even living is not an easy thing. Yes, the rules of the game are set by the big guys, and the little guys are destined to go with the flow. The rules of the game have changed, so---freedom has been exiled, and the spirit of chasing freedom has been exiled!
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